The Army has begun a market survey for freight services supporting U.S. special operations forces in Western Africa, who for years have been running operations in the region under the catchall "counterterrorism" moniker.

The Army is negotiating a sole-source contract with AM General that would send 50 up-armored humvees to the Iraqi military, which is trying to regain ground against the Islamic State terrorist militia.

As the Army crunches its report for Congress on the plans for its tactical wheeled vehicle fleets, officials are still debating whether they should upgrade humvees or buy additional Joint Light Tactical Vehicles instead.

The Army recently wrapped up its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle limited-user testing where soldiers performed three different mission cycles, and the Marine Corps will begin its experimentation soon, according to an Army official.

Northrop Grumman pitched its humvee modernization solution last week during an annual Army conference contending it will cost the government about $145,000 per vehicle, according to a company executive.

A Northrop Grumman executive revealed last week that the company has designed and tested a new humvee chassis, anticipating a future Army requirement for a more resilient version of the vehicle despite a lack of service funds for such an effort.

The Marine Corps is looking to see if industry can upgrade, modify and maintain the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle fleet at a facility in Kuwait, according to a Federal Business Opportunities notice.

All three manufacturers competing to win the Joint Light
Tactical Vehicle contract recently completed production readiness reviews and
the government intends to release a low-rate initial production request for
proposals before Thanksgiving.

Oshkosh Defense recently wrapped up a production readiness review for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program that resulted in a green light for the company to prepare for the vehicle's production phase, according to company executives.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Sept. 16 that vehicles would be included in the equipment package slated to be given to Syrian rebels the Pentagon plans to train to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria as well as the regime of Bashar al Assad.

Classified warnings about an Afghan trucking company used previously by several Western organizations led to the vendor's disqualification from a new U.S. logistics contract potentially worth billions of dollars, documents show.

Congressional defense committees have approved Army requests to transfer more than $400 million into underfunded tactical vehicle accounts in fiscal year 2014, according to budget documents obtained by Inside the Army.

The Army is seeking an industry vendor to provide nine hardware kits needed to upgrade MaxxPro Dash and Long Wheeled Base Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles, according to a recent government notice.